PaleoNoel Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hey everyone, I found this tooth in the spoil piles at the Aurora fossil museum in NC a few years ago. It's been sitting on my desk for a while and I haven't gotten around to getting it ID'd on the forum, but there's no time like the present. I have no idea what it could be from, maybe a pathological Carcharhinus or Physogaleus? The root is about 2.5 cm wide and the overall length (measured by the blade angle) is about 2 cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Galeocerdo sp.? It's a tiger shark I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 17 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said: Galeocerdo sp.? It's a tiger shark I think. That's what I grouped it with initially when organizing the teeth I found. It could be, but it doesn't have the same recurved shape as the tiger sharks that I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 3 hours ago, PaleoNoel said: but it doesn't have the same recurved shape as the tiger sharks that I have seen. Positional difference in the jaw. Probably an anterior tooth. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 It is Galeocerdo cuvier from the Yorktown Formation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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